{"id":613787599174,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/how-say-coppice-noun-verb\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:05","slug":"how-say-coppice-noun-verb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/trees\/how-say-coppice-noun-verb\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say Coppice and Coppicing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not our job to police people\u2019s pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p>But when someone in the office said the noun \u201ca coppice\u201d the same way as the verb \u201cto coppice\u201d, Sharon was all \u201coh my Gosh, I can\u2019t believe you just done that at work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A coppice, or copse, is a group of trees grown for the purpose of coppicing: harvesting their wood on a cycle of several years by cutting them down to a low stump, which regenerates.<\/p>\n<h4>The act of coppicing is pronounced how it sounds, but the coppiced woodland area itself is pronounced \u201ccopse\u201d, even when spelt \u201ccoppice\u201d.<\/h4>\n<p>Here is the UK Forestry Commission pronouncing it like a city slicker:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is coppicing?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FkRuMqVuJDE\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>I offer it to you, Dear Reader, to decide whether to put your faith in the Forestry Commission, or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7mdoIeDNwyw?feature=shared&amp;t=95\" rel=\"noopener\">old Jack Hargreaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jack-hargreaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14556\" style=\"width: 392px; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jack-hargreaves.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jack-hargreaves-189x300_9.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\n<figcaption>Does he look like a man who doesn\u2019t know how to say coppice?<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coppice used to be a productive fixture on most rural properties: overwhelmingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/common-hazel-hedge-plants-corylus-avellana\">Hazel<\/a>, usually with some Ash for bigger wood, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/sycamore-sapling-plants-acer-pseudoplatanus\">Sycamore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/small-leaved-lime-sapling-plants-tilia-cordata\">Lime<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/field-maple-hedge-plants-acer-campestre\">Field Maple<\/a>, which are all better choices now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/blog\/ash-tree-dieback-disease-pictures-and-spore-release-video\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1034\">Ash gets dieback<\/a>.<br>They are all vigorous and respond generously to being coppiced, forming a nice stool.<\/p>\n<p>During the 20th century, coppices were in decline: either replaced by field, or left to grow unmanaged.<\/p>\n<p>People simply do not need much of that type of wood any more, although hazel hurdles still look smashing and what a way to keep the kids busy:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Making Hazel Hurdles\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZJU953eOG8\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>Planting a Coppice in Modern Britain<\/h3>\n<p>The modern coppice making a comeback is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/trees\/short-rotation-crop-biomass-poplar-willow\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13046\"><\/a>Short Rotation Coppice, intended for biomass energy production. <br>They are invariably planted with <strong>hybrid willows and poplars<\/strong>, which grow monstrously fast.<\/p>\n<p>They are easy to propagate in the field from cuttings, and can be acquired in abundance at harvest time from other SRC\u2019ers, or bought as unrooted \u2018setts\u2019. <br>We don\u2019t sell those super-vigorous hybrids, only the \u201cregular vigorous\u201d natural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/willow-hedging-plants-salix\">willow<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/black-poplar-sapling-plants-populus-nigra\">poplar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Coppicing Right for Me in 2025?<\/h2>\n<p>Without knowing you at all, I feel like yes, coppicing will be great for you in 2025: that is not medical advice, always use protection.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe ease yourself into some gentle coppicing at first to get the coppice juices flowing and avoid \u201ccoppice knee\u201d, then coppice more as your confidence 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